Saving Danny

Saving Danny
Cathy Glass

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents no longer loved or wanted him, and were sending him away.While Danny’s parents have everything they could wish for in material terms, they are unable to care for their only child. This is where Cathy comes in. On a cold dark evening Danny finds a place in her home where he can be himself; away from his parents’ impatience and frustration. Often in his own little world, six-year-old Danny finds it difficult to communicate, finding solace in his best friend and confidant George – his rabbit.Cathy quickly becomes aware of his obsessively meticulous behaviour in addition to his love of patterns, he sees them everywhere and creates them at any opportunity – in his play and also with his food. She realises that patience is the key to looking after Danny as well as her well-tried strategies for managing children’s behaviour.With his father refusing to cooperate, it becomes increasingly likely that Danny will be living with Cathy permanently until she gets an opportunity to speak her piece.

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Certain details in this story, including names, places and dates, have been changed to protect the family’s privacy.

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Contents

Cover (#u5bc20ec8-ac55-5ad5-932f-6a3ff5f3b15f)

Title Page (#ulink_530b133e-fd49-5871-9646-1412b5d90c81)

Copyright (#ulink_d882bbda-134c-5e08-8080-f045213a8b45)

Also by Cathy Glass (#ulink_af13ab75-93b3-5a35-ac87-4f0de7e49600)

Acknowledgements (#ulink_e5a9dd44-f908-57cb-ade3-7839bf0e4d10)

Chapter One: Lost and Frightened (#ulink_911ed1bc-cfcc-5a39-86d1-8166bcb67f1b)

Chapter Two: Meticulous (#ulink_3323e775-c38b-5bf7-b470-b0c4b2970af9)

Chapter Three: George (#ulink_1d6c7929-3988-53ed-85c2-a518a5ea1cbf)

Chapter Four: Precise (#ulink_ebbe3876-cd19-5cb2-95d6-286af81b2926)

Chapter Five: Absolute Hell (#ulink_92a3d708-5c8a-505d-87de-349caa8df154)

Chapter Six: Prisoners (#ulink_5f854f06-df8b-5805-b0fb-6477f8aa3526)

Chapter Seven: Crisis Averted (#ulink_495215df-1958-503a-871a-27e6dbc86cb1)

Chapter Eight: A Work of Art (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine: Danny Drowning (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten: Don’t Tell the Social Worker (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven: ‘Carrot Before the Donkey’s Nose’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve: Forever? (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen: Cooped Up (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen: Traumatic (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen: Danny’s World (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen: Making Friends (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen: Terri’s Visit (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen: Footprints in the Snow (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen: Love (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty: Important (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One: For the Good of the Child (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two: No Cavity Club (#litres_trial_promo)